[Myrddin]

And a society that forgets "innocent until proven guilty" and declares guilt on the 24 hour news networks.

Look again. This incident occurred in England. The presumption of innocence is a feature of U.S. law. Under English law you must prove your innocence.

[Young Scholar]

Isn't that only in libel cases? I thought in general we shared a common law tradition and most of the same values with England.